stop the bullets

A video today. The symmetry of the apple and the watermelon being torn apart is amazing, and of course the final head shot is heart-stopping.

photographic memory

George Plemper was a teacher in South London for about five years in the 70’s, taking pictures of his students and the area he lived in, before leaving his profession not having made the changes he had wanted to, and for other personal reasons.

Luckily the internet came to the rescue, and his pictures have been saved from the plastic bags they lived in for the last three decades and given new life on his Flickr page. Amazingly some of his former students have gotten in touch after seeing their own images online. Read the story here and choose your favourite picture here. Mine is above.

facts about finland (ii)

Back by popular demand!

6. They have the best schools in the world.

7. Helsinki and St. Petersburg are just 383 km apart.

8. The Finnish state alcohol shops are called Alko.

9. Church boats were used from the Middle Ages until the beginning of the last century to ferry up to 120 people at a time to church across large distances.

10. The new Finnish Foreign Minister is pretty goofy looking! (The old one was forced to leave over a stripper-SMS scandal.)

Any particular requests for more country specials?